Hulu adds “The Wrong Mans” original

Hulu will roll out several original programs between now and the end of the year, including animation, documentary and supernatural efforts. Two that are most intriguing: “The Wrong Mans,” an unusual comedy thriller, and the original Scandinavian version of “The Bridge” (the English-language adaptation recently concluded on FX). More about that when it’s available for screening.

In “The Wrong Mans,” Tony-winner James Corden, Mat Baynton and Jim Field Smith’s comedy-thriller premiering Nov. 11, a geeky office worker picks up a ringing telephone at the scene of a car crash and sets in motion a crazy-funny mystery. Wrong place, wrong time, wrong mans. This clever co-production of Hulu and the BBC is co-written by and co-starring Tony Award-winner Corden (“Doctor Who,” “Gavin & Stacey”), and Baynton (“Spy,” “Gavin & Stacey”), and directed by Smith (“Episodes”).

All six episodes of “The Wrong Mans” will be released on Hulu Plus beginning Nov. 11; Hulu.com viewers can find the first two episodes then, with future episodes rolling out weekly through Dec. 19.

Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.